“I couldn’t think of a better time to come and address you, especially with this being the weekend of the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion,” Malkin said to the hundreds in attendance at the dinner held in the Fortino Ballroom at Pueblo Community College. “Thank you to all of those who have served and sacrificed. I think the number one thing we can do as parents and grandparents is tattoo the gratitude we have for the military into the souls of our children and grandchildren.”

Malkin spoke passionately throughout her nearly 30-minute speech about a wide array of topics and hot-button political issues.

She talked about her pride in being a conservative and said other Republicans shouldn’t apologize for being what they are.

“I have a reputation for being a member of the far right wing,” she said. “Let me tell you something, first of all I’m unapologetic about being extreme. I think there are too many people who apologize for being conservatives, constitutional conservatives in this country, and I hate that.”

Malkin spoke at length about illegal immigration and her issues with it.

“It is not racist to support a platform that lays out explicitly that one of the core fundamental principles of the federal government is to secure the borders, period,” she said. “It is not a sin to believe that America should be discriminating about who it lets in, who it lets stay and who it finally has the spine to kick out.”

Malkin also took issue with the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, saying her own family’s insurance policy was canceled when it became law.

“This entire Trojan horse has been rife with corruption from top to bottom and Colorado is in the middle of it,” she said.

Malkin thanked activists in the crowd, telling them they have inspired her.

“I owe you grass-roots activists my utmost thanks because it is activists like you, especially that inspirational recall, that convinced conservatives like me to stay here in Colorado and fight,” she said.